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Hormone Balance Testing

An e-mail newsletter from Virginia Hopkins to keep you up-to-date on what's happening with hormone replacement research, nutrition in the news, and much more!

TEST HORMONE LEVELS
FIND HORMONE BALANCE The blood spot test is a fast, easy, accurate way to test hormone levels.

VITAMIN D TEST
Now you can order a vitamin D test and make sure your levels are OK. High tech accuracy and easy-to-understand results.

Test the Sleep Hormone - Melatonin
Melatonin is the hormone of sleep. Low melatonin levels can cause insomnia and are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

Estrogen - Bioidentical

Estrogen is the female hormone, but using it in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be a two-edged sword. Too little and menopausal symptoms aren’t relieved. Too much and breast cancer risk increases. Which hormones are natural and which are synthetic? How can I use estrogen in bioidentical hormone replacement (BHRT)? How much is safe and what’s best, the pill or patch? These questions and more are answered in the estrogen articles below. You’ll find plenty of research, questions and answers, and frequently asked questions about estrogen.

Estrogen Advice from Dr. John Lee
Dr. John Lee gives straight answers to what women want to know about estrogen, including what kind of estrogen to take and how much.

Bioidentical Estrogen - How Much to Take and When
A little bit of estrogen goes a long way.

Vaginal Dryness and Hormones
Bioidentical hormones applied in normal doses work well.

Estrogen Pill vs. Estrogen Cream or Patch - Which Works Best?
Dr. Jane Murray explains why the estrogen patch or estrogen cream is better for a woman's body than an estrogen pill.

How to Get Off HRT
Questions and Answers from Dr. Lee and Virginia Hopkins about how to get off HRT and onto natural hormones, also known as bioidentical hormone therapy (BHRT). How to have balanced hormones, and relief from menopausal symptoms, without using conventional HRT.

Progesterone and Estrogen Effects
Progesterone and estrogen balance each other in the body. Here is a list of estrogen's effects on the body, and the complementary effects of progesterone. Both hormones have important effects throughout the body.

Symptoms of Estrogen Dominance
Estrogen dominance is a term coined by Dr. Lee, and this is his famous (and much copied) list of the symptoms and conditions associated with estrogen dominance.

Women - Take the Hormone Balance Test
Are your symptoms caused by a hormone imbalance? Take this test to find out if a hormone imbalance is the underlying cause of your symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, irregular periods; or PMS symptoms such as moodiness, irritability, menstrual cramps; or symptoms of ovarian cysts (PCOS) such as mid-cycle pain, menstrual cramps, excess hair and acne.

Estriol - the Safe Estrogen Hormone
Estriol is a safe estrogen hormone that has been used for decades in Europe to treat hot flashes and vaginal dryness.

Hysterectomy and Bioidentical Hormones
An explanation of why women with hysterectomies are so often told by their doctors that they don't need progesterone because they don't have a uterus. It's the difference between biodentical and synthetic.

10 Steps to Hormone Balance
How to begin the journey to optimal health and hormone balance, one step at a time. A woman's guide to hormone balance.